Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1887-08-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Keep down the suckers that star
from, fron.roofa

-Kecp down the suckers that start
from trce-roots.
Oregon imports much of tho butter
she consumes, though there is no better
dairy country in tho world than Ore
gon.
is there no ingenuity to devise
plans whereby abundance of water may
be held for time of nced?-E Ein,ira Has
bdntlmdH.
"A liquid black lead for polishing
stoves is made by adding to each pound
of black lead one gill of turpcntinc,
one gill of water, and one ounce of
sugar.
Water Crackcrs-Onc pound of
flour, three ounces of butter, add sweet
milk or water to make stiff paste;
beat until smooth with rolling pin,
roll thin, cut in small round cakes and
bake. Toledo Biaic.
The best mode of getting rid of in
ferior potatoes is to feed them to the
stock. If this be done every season
the quality of the potatoes will be I'M
proved, the seed become better and
the thrift of tho stock greatly pro-
noted.
We ought to understand the make
up of plants and animals. In knowing
this and the elements that compose
them we shall more readily understand
the relation existing between them,
and so be the better prepared to sup
ply to the plant through the soil those
elements known to be lacking.
When you peel oranges or lemons,
dry the rinds, put them in thin mus
lin sack in the pantry and use them to
CRATE in cakes, custards, mince-meat,
puddings and preserves; it is much bet
Ter than the essences we buy; but be
careful not to get too generous
sprinkling,-F'arm, Field anil Stock
man.
When flies and gnats are trouble
some in the house, shut up doors and
blow little pure and fresh buhach
through the cheap bellows that can be
had anywhere. Pure and fresh" re-
member, and then sweep up and burn
the corpscs. Keeping tho powder in
close tin cans is essential, rs it soon
looses its virtue when exposed.
Italian Sauce: Put into sauce
pan little parsley, shallot, some
mushrooms and truilles, if to be had,
chopped finely, also n piece of butter
as large rs II walnut warm them to-
gether; add half Il glass of white vine
gar, some pepper and salt; let all boil
gently for half an hour; strain and add
n tcaspoonful of ol,-BoStom Badgct.
Fancy covers for the popular cheap
literature of the day are made of paste
board covered with pretty cretonne;
of rough paper with title of the book
written or printed upon it in color, and
of soft leather or chamois. Remove
the colored paper cover and paste the
fresh one on securely. A tcn-cent book
may thus be made fit ornament for
the parlor table.--IndidnapoliS Journal.
Soup Stock: Put beef bone weigh
ing three pounds into three quarts of
water and set on to boil. Cut up small
n pound of lean ham or bacon, fry
brown, then add the liquor from the
bones; cover up the kettle and simmer
five hours; strain through the hair sieve
and set by until cold; remove the fat
and it will be ready for any soup that
may be required. indianapolis Sen
tinei.
To make prctzels, take of flour
one-half pound, fresh butter one-half
pound, sugar onc-quarter pound, add !
one whole egg, one yelk of an egg,
some grated lemon peel, and table
spoonful of sweet cream. Mix thor
oughly on paste board, and mold this
paste into prctzels or small wreaths;
wash them over with the yelk of an
egg. strcw them with pounded sweet
almonds, and bake them to nice yell |
low color on baking plate larded
with butter Good Housekeeping.
If good dry clay bed can not be
secured for the pigs, says a writer, it
is better TO retain the plank floor. But
the clay floor is best, and if it can he |
of about the quality of dirt which will
make u good brick it is better than
black soil. and if it is inclined to red
dishness so much the better, as then
there is an assurance that it contains
the muriatc of iron, which is healthy |
for hogs, applied outwardly or inward |
ly.-SL Louis Republican.